| New barrier in SBRL 17:15 - Aug 21 with 5775 views | SitfcB |
To separate upper and lower. Seems a bit overkill!
[Post edited 21 Aug 2023 17:17]
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| The barrier in SBRL on 17:17 - Aug 21 with 5145 views | SheffordBlue |
After they brought in the tape to keep the two tiers apart last season this seemed inevitable to me.
This sort of stuff won't be done without agreement of the Safety Advisory Group and may even have come on advice from them. |  |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 17:19 - Aug 21 with 5092 views | SitfcB |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:17 - Aug 21 by SheffordBlue |
After they brought in the tape to keep the two tiers apart last season this seemed inevitable to me.
This sort of stuff won't be done without agreement of the Safety Advisory Group and may even have come on advice from them. |
Yeah always thought there would be a more permanent structure but just seems a bit much  | |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 17:23 - Aug 21 with 5038 views | Mullet |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:19 - Aug 21 by SitfcB |
Yeah always thought there would be a more permanent structure but just seems a bit much |
Not exactly the Berlin wall Sitters. Those North Stand Nans can be pretty feisty too so if it placates them all the better I say. |  |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 17:25 - Aug 21 with 5023 views | SitfcB |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:23 - Aug 21 by Mullet |
Not exactly the Berlin wall Sitters. Those North Stand Nans can be pretty feisty too so if it placates them all the better I say. |
Was a tight enough squeeze down there at HT as it was, now even more restricted. I’ve said for years they should open the doors and let people stand outside at HT. | |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 17:29 - Aug 21 with 4978 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:25 - Aug 21 by SitfcB |
Was a tight enough squeeze down there at HT as it was, now even more restricted. I’ve said for years they should open the doors and let people stand outside at HT. |
Used to be much much worse before games about 2.45. Was heaving down there, to dangerous levels at times I would say! |  | | |
| New barrier in SBRL on 17:56 - Aug 21 with 4744 views | ChampionsofInnsbruck |
Club can’t be blamed for this as there were repeated warnings about people overfilling the lower stand and thus had to act. |  | | |
| New barrier in SBRL on 18:07 - Aug 21 with 4663 views | SitfcB |
| New barrier in SBRL on 17:56 - Aug 21 by ChampionsofInnsbruck |
Club can’t be blamed for this as there were repeated warnings about people overfilling the lower stand and thus had to act. |
It’s been implemented since last season to be fair, was always going to be a more permanent barrier fitted but this seems way too much! | |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 18:13 - Aug 21 with 4616 views | Hipsterectomy |
When we were getting 15,000-20,000 I know people who would meet their mates downstairs in Lower as there would always be available seats. Now that it's usully full I assume it's just to stop mingling/overflow at half time? |  |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 18:13 - Aug 21 with 4607 views | SheffordBlue |
| New barrier in SBRL on 18:07 - Aug 21 by SitfcB |
It’s been implemented since last season to be fair, was always going to be a more permanent barrier fitted but this seems way too much! |
Not sure there's a much better way of doing it that actually achieves what it needs. It would be good if they put some decals/imagery on the partitions but physically are there better options? | |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 18:18 - Aug 21 with 4573 views | SitfcB |
| New barrier in SBRL on 18:13 - Aug 21 by Hipsterectomy |
When we were getting 15,000-20,000 I know people who would meet their mates downstairs in Lower as there would always be available seats. Now that it's usully full I assume it's just to stop mingling/overflow at half time? |
Even when full people would still squeeze in! A few to a seat when standing.
Something needed to done of course, a poor design of stand from the start, not many places where upper and lower go in the same turnstiles! | |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 18:30 - Aug 21 with 4453 views | USA |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:25 - Aug 21 by SitfcB |
Was a tight enough squeeze down there at HT as it was, now even more restricted. I’ve said for years they should open the doors and let people stand outside at HT. |
But now half the people so much better and more room. Also more chance of being served at the bar! | |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 18:32 - Aug 21 with 4430 views | lazyblue |
It’s fine , had to have a more secure barrier than before. | | | |
| New barrier in SBRL on 18:44 - Aug 21 with 4324 views | Bobbychase |
As others have said, in an era of 29,000+ crowds, things will change because of safety recommendations. See also the changes to main car park entry/exit times. |  |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 00:07 - Aug 22 with 3658 views | BasingstokeBlue |
At least it will stop those rowdies going upstairs and spoiling the atmosphere!!!
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| New barrier in SBRL on 06:03 - Aug 22 with 3479 views | PioneerBlue |
All seems sensible, in a full stand you can’t have random numbers piling into bottom or top for practical and safety reasons. I’ve not sat in the North for a few years now but at times the power was difficult enough to move around that’s when we’d get half the crowd! | |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 08:38 - Aug 22 with 3012 views | Churchman |
| The barrier in SBRL on 17:25 - Aug 21 by SitfcB |
Was a tight enough squeeze down there at HT as it was, now even more restricted. I’ve said for years they should open the doors and let people stand outside at HT. |
That sounds the obvious solution to me. |  | | |
| The barrier in SBRL on 08:52 - Aug 22 with 2948 views | itfcjoe |
| The barrier in SBRL on 08:38 - Aug 22 by Churchman |
That sounds the obvious solution to me. |
You could also have it as a smoking area - never been a smoker myself but feels a bit overkill that nowhere in the ground for people to smoke during the game |  |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 09:04 - Aug 22 with 2859 views | CityBlue |
they have also introduced a clear glass/perspex barrier to the front row of the visiting fans section (to prevent fans straying onto roof of exec boxes i guess) |  |
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| That new feature has… on 09:11 - Aug 22 with 2808 views | Bloots |
| New barrier in SBRL on 09:04 - Aug 22 by CityBlue |
they have also introduced a clear glass/perspex barrier to the front row of the visiting fans section (to prevent fans straying onto roof of exec boxes i guess) |
….totally backfired.
It’s now at the perfect height for fans to stand at and lean on.
The whole front row of Stoke fans stood there last week.
The stewards just left them to it. |  |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 09:16 - Aug 22 with 2756 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
Why have you deleted it? |  |
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| The barrier in SBRL on 09:26 - Aug 22 with 2663 views | Churchman |
| The barrier in SBRL on 08:52 - Aug 22 by itfcjoe |
You could also have it as a smoking area - never been a smoker myself but feels a bit overkill that nowhere in the ground for people to smoke during the game |
Agreed. If you say go to cricket you can wander in and out by waving your ticket (usually scanned) so it’s perfectly do-able at football grounds. I get the numbers are different but the principle is sound.
One of the reasons I quite like the West Stand is that you can have a half time mooch around the old training pitch area. | | | |
| New barrier in SBRL on 09:51 - Aug 22 with 2555 views | SitfcB |
The bloke that tweeted it has deleted it. | |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 10:00 - Aug 22 with 2518 views | bluethomas |
I wonder if this is a bit of a test run for the rumoured move of away fans to Sir Alf Lower. Separate turnstiles and staircases and all that. Plus the new open area where Staples was to take away fans to and from the station. |  | | |
| New barrier in SBRL on 10:37 - Aug 22 with 2364 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| New barrier in SBRL on 09:51 - Aug 22 by SitfcB |
The bloke that tweeted it has deleted it. |
Why has the bloke that tweeted it deleted it? | |
| Trust the process. Trust Phil. |
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| New barrier in SBRL on 10:41 - Aug 22 with 2342 views | GlasgowBlue |
| New barrier in SBRL on 10:37 - Aug 22 by The_Flashing_Smile |
Why has the bloke that tweeted it deleted it? |
Ask the bloke that deleted it. |  |
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